Guard for guy wires



Mad! 1934. J. R. FISHER Er AL GUARD FOR GUY WIRES Filed July 9, 1950 20 ing and shipment. Also during assembly on the Patented Mar. 13, 1934 GUARD FOR GUY WIRES John R. Fisher and Harry E. Stedman, Des Moines, Iowa Application July 9, 1930, Serial No. 466,874

12 Claims. (Cl. 189-315) The object of our invention is to provide a simple, durable and inexpensive guard adapted to be placed onguy wires for telephone poles and the like.

A further object is to provide a guard consisting of a body portion formed in two parts and made of wood or other suitable material and a shield portion also formed in two parts and made of sheet metal or the like, the two parts of the body and shield being secured together with tie wires which extend through the body and shield and which are wrapped around the guard and twisted together for retaining two parts in position on a guy wire so that no sharp edges of the guy wire, guy wire clamp, thimble and guy rod are exposed and the guy wire can be easily seen to avoid accidents.

Another object is to arrange the tie wires so as to retain the two parts of the guard for packthe guard opened to a position for placing it on the guy wire.

Figure 5 is a similar view showing it closed on the guy wire and the tie wire turned to a position for retaining the guard on the guy wire.

Figure 6 is an enlarged sectional view on the line 6-6 of Figure 2.

a Figure 7 is a detailed sectional view on the line 7-'7 of Figure 3 and Figure 8 is a diagrammatic view showing the manner in which the tie wire is wrapped around the guard and the ends of the wire twisted together.

On the accompanying drawing, we have used the reference character A to indicate the body portion of our guy wire guard and B a shield portion thereof. The body portion A consists of semi-cylindrical members 10 and 12, each having a groove 14 which forms a tubular opening for a guy wire 16 when the two parts of the body portion A are assembled together. The part 12 is provided with a longitudinal tie wire groove 18.

The grooves 14 are enlarged as indicated at 20 adjacent the-lower end of the body portion A to receive the loose end 22 of the guy wire 16.

It may here be mentioned that guy wires for telephone poles and the like are ordinarily formed into loops 24 by means of a clamp 26 and a thimble 28 is positioned in the loop for coaction with the eye of a guy rod 30. When our device is used, the loose end 22 of the guy wire 16 may rest in the enlarged groove 20 without the necessity of tying this loose end to the main portion of the guy wire. It will be noted (see Figure 2) that the lower ends of the members 10 and 12 engage 90 the upper end of the clamp 26 and thus the clamp limits downward movement of the guard and thereby supports it.

For covering the guy wire clamp 26 and also guy wire, the tie wires serve as a hinge so that the two parts of the guard can be opened for placing it over the wire. The tie wires are arranged so that they can be turned to a predetermined position for retaining the guard on the guy wire after which the ends of the tie wires may be twisted together.

Another purpose is to provide a recess in the guard to receive the twisted ends ofthe tie wires 30 so that they will not project in an undesired way. The sheet metal shield is provided with openings through which the twisted ends may extend into the recesses beneath them.

Another purpose of our invention is to provide a guard having a passageway through it of greater diameter than the guy wire so that a draft may be created upwardly through the guard for evaporating moisture and preventing the rot ting of the guard and the rusting of the guy wire 0 within the guard. When the body of the guard is of non-heat conducting material as we prefer to make it and is provided with the metal shield at its lower end, this flue-like action is increased.

It is our purpose to cover this flue-like feature whether embodied in the form employing the body of non-heat conducting material and the metal shield or otherwise.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of our guard.

Figure 2 is a central sectional view showing the guard in position on a guy wire.

Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional view on the line 33 of Figure 2 showing the guard assembled on a guy wire.

Figure 4 is a somewhat similar view showing the thimble 28 and part of the guy rod30, if de- 9 sired, we provide the shield B consisting of shield members 32 and 34. The shield member 32 is provided with openings 36 adapted to register with the tie wire groove 18. 9

Tie wires 38 extend through the body portion A and the shields B as best shown in Figures 3 and 6 of the drawing and during shipment or storage may be bent to the position shown in Figure 1. By arranging the tie wires in the particular position illustrated, the guy wire guard may be opened tothe position shown in Figure 4, the tie wires acting as a hinge so that the guard can be placed around the guy wire 16. The two halves of the guard may then swing together as shown in Figure 5 and may be retained in this position by swinging the ends of the tie wires 38 from the position shown in Figure 1 to the position shown in Figure 5. The tie wires are of fairly stiff material and exert a closing pressure on the guard when in this position. They likewise tend to close the guard when in their position of Figure 1, by binding when the guard is opened.

The ends of the tie wires 38 are then wrapped around the guard as shown diagrammatically in Figure 8 and the extreme ends twisted as indicated at 40 for drawing the two halves of the guard close together and maintaining them in assembled position with respect to the guy wire.

The twisted ends 40 are then pushed into the groove 18 so that they'will not offer undesired obstruction. The openings 36 allow the tie wires, which extend around the sheet metal parts 32 and 34, to be twisted and the twisted ends forced through the openings and then into the groove 18.

Our guy wire guard, as will be obvious from the description just made, has several features of advantage. It completely incloses the guy wire so that no sharp edges of the guy wire or associated parts are exposed. It is readily visible so that it is not so apt to be run into by automobiles or the like. The lower part, which is most apt to be injured, is shielded with the metal shield B, while the body portion A may be made of wood or, if desired, may also be made of metal. The tie wire serves both the purpose of acting as a hinge and a tie wire. Whenever moisture gets into the opening 14 of the guard it is quickly dried out by the draft or circulation of air upward through the flue-like opening around the guy wire. This prevents rotting of the guard and rusting of the guy wire.

The body portion A being made of non-heat conducting material and the shield B being made of sheet metal is a very advantageous construction inasmuch as when the sun shines on the shield it will have a tendency to heat any air therein and thus aid the draft of air flowing through the body portion A. By a complete inclosure or" the guy wire 16 and its free end 22, the securing of the free end to the guy wire, as is ordinarily done, is not necessary.

Some changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of the parts of our device without departing from the real spirit and purpose of our invention, and it is our intention tocover by our claims, any modified forms of structure or use of mechanical equivalents, which may be reasonably included within their scope.

We claim as our invention: 7

l. A guard for guy wires comprisinga body portion of non-heat conducting material adapted to completely surround a guy wire throughout the length of the body portion, said body portion having a fiue like opening for the guy wire to of said body portion.

2. A guard for guy wires comprising a two part body portion adapted to enclose a guy wire, a two part metal shield adapted to extend down over a guy wire clamp, a tie wire thru and around the two parts of the body and shield, the ends of said tie wire being twisted together and a depression in the body portion to receive said twisted ends of said tie wire, said shield having an opening thru which said twisted ends extend to said depression.

3. In a guard for guy wires, a two part body portion, said portions having longitudinal grooves to form an opening when the parts are assembled together thru which a guy wire may extend, a tie wire thru said portions and arranged to function as a hinge'to allow them to swing to open position for placing the guard on a guy wire, the ends of said wire being normally straight and extending along the body portion but capable of being pivotally moved to position with said ends maintaining the two parts of the body portion in closed position.

l. A guard for guy wires, comprising a pair of body members adapted when closed to completely enclose a guy wire, means arranged within the guard and spaced by the guard from the guy wire containing space therein, for hinging said body portions together at longitudinally spaced points, and fastening means for securing the portions together in closed position, said guard having recesses for the fastening means, whereby at the point of their engagement they are inset in the guard.

5. A guard for guy wires comprising a pair of body members adapted when closed to receive between them and wholly enclose a guy wire, tie members extended through the body members, spaced from their outer surfaces and across their meeting faces near one side to form hinges, bent at the outer surfaces of the body members, to cause them to bind when the tie members are swung to a lateral position relative to the body members and thereby tend to close said body members.

6. A guard for guy wires comprising a pair of body members adapted when closed to receive between them and wholly enclose a guy wire, hinge means at longitudinally spaced points arranged within the guard near one meeting edge and means for fastening the members in closed position.

'7. A guard for guy wires comprising a pair of body members adapted when closed to receive between them and wholly enclose and insulate a guy wire throughout the portion thereof within the body members and tie members extended through said body members and across their meeting faces to serve as aligning pins preventing longitudinal movement of one body member relative to the other one when placing them in position on a guy wire.

8. A guard for looped guy wires comprising 130 a pair of body members longitudinally grooved and adapted when closed in complementary relationship to enclose a guy wire and spaced means extending around said body members to retain them closed, the grooves of said body members being enlarged a distance at one end thereof to provide space for the return end of said guy wire after the loop therein is formed.

9. A guard for guy wires comprising a pair of body members longitudinaly grooved and adapted when closed in complementary relationship to enclose a guy wire, spaced means extending around said body members to retain them closed and a metal shield secured to each body member and adapted to extend down over and enclose a guy wire clamp.

10. A guard for a guy wire comprising a pair of body members, each comprising per se an elongated element having a longitudinal groove in one face thereof, said body member having lon- 150 gitudinally spaced openings for fastening means extending from said face to the opposite surface of said body member and located between said groove and one of the side edges of said face.

11. A guard for a guy wire comprising a pair of body members, each comprising an elongated element having a longitudinal groove in one face thereof, said' body member having longitudinally spaced openings for fastening means extending from said face to the opposite surface of said body member and located between said groove and one of the side edges of said face, and fastening elements through said openings of said pair of body members and extending across surfaces opposite their meeting faces and across the crack between the side edges of said body members opposite said openings.

12. A guard for a guy wire comprising a pair of body members, each comprising an elongated element having a longitudinal groove in one face thereof, said body member having longitudinally spaced openings for fastening means extending from said face to the opposite surface of said body member and located between said groove and one of the side edges of said face, said pair of body members when in complementary relationship to each other forming a guy wire channel between them, fastening elements through said openings, extending across said opposite surfaces and across the crack between the opposite side edges of said body members and means for retaining said fastening elements in position and said body members closed relative to each other, at least one of said body members having a recess to receive said means whereby it may thus be positioned in non-projecting relationship to the surface of the guard.

JOHN R. FISHER. HARRY E. STEDMAN. 

